Nektar To Announce Financial Results For The Second Quarter Of 2010 On Wednesday, July 28, 2010, After Close Of U.S.-Based Financial Markets

SAN CARLOS, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) will announce its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010 on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, after the close of U.S.-based financial markets. Howard Robin, president and chief executive officer, will host a conference call to review the results beginning at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time/ 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

The press release and a live audio-only Webcast of the conference call can be accessed through a link that is posted on the home page and Investor Relations section of the Nektar website: http://www.nektar.com. The Webcast of the conference call will be available for replay through Thursday, August 12, 2010.

To access the conference call, follow these instructions:

Dial: [phone] (U.S.); [phone] (international)

Passcode: 96449158

An audio replay will also be available shortly following the call through Thursday, August 12, 2010 and can be accessed by dialing [phone] (U.S.); or [phone] (international) with a passcode of 67523786.

In the event that any non-GAAP financial measure is discussed on the conference call that is not described in the press release, or explained on the conference call, related information will be made available on the Investor Relations page at the Nektar website as soon as practical after the conclusion of the conference call.

About Nektar

Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on its PEGylation and advanced polymer conjugation technology platforms. Nektar has a robust R&D pipeline of potentially high-value therapeutics in oncology, pain and other areas. In the area of pain, Nektar has an exclusive worldwide license agreement with AstraZeneca for Nektar's oral NKTR-118 development program to treat opioid-induced constipation and its NKTR-119 development program for the treatment of pain without constipation side effects.  The company has additional pain compounds in preclinical studies.  In oncology, NKTR-102, a novel topoisomerase I-inhibitor, is being evaluated in Phase 2 clinical studies for the treatment of ovarian, breast and colorectal cancers. NKTR-105, a novel anti-mitotic agent, is in a Phase 1 clinical study in cancer patients with refractory solid tumors.